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Offline sharki786

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pagid dot 5.1
« on: 08 June 2014, 11:47 »
Is this fluid ok to use for the clutch system? Or will i need to change to dot4
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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #1 on: 08 June 2014, 12:05 »
Its fine just vastly over rated for a G3, if you can boil it you are running some sort of fast and furious Nos machine with a Hemi :grin:

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #2 on: 08 June 2014, 12:31 »
There was something similar on the m3 forum yesterday. Everyone saying get this and that, but I said whats the difference between that and haulfords 5.1 fluid? I didnt get a answer.

Fair enough if its a track car but a daily? 

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #3 on: 08 June 2014, 13:02 »
Pagid isn't anything special as such just very good quality.

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #4 on: 08 June 2014, 13:28 »
If its a daily I would use standard fluid ie dot 4. For track etc 5.1.

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #5 on: 08 June 2014, 14:35 »
There was something similar on the m3 forum yesterday. Everyone saying get this and that, but I said whats the difference between that and haulfords 5.1 fluid? I didnt get a answer.

Fair enough if its a track car but a daily?
Halford's will be buying it from the same place as most of the other brands and sticking their sticker on it, so long as it complies with the requirements for a 5.1 fluid its just brand snobbery in 95% of cases.

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #6 on: 08 June 2014, 19:12 »
There was something similar on the m3 forum yesterday. Everyone saying get this and that, but I said whats the difference between that and haulfords 5.1 fluid? I didnt get a answer.

Fair enough if its a track car but a daily?
Halford's will be buying it from the same place as most of the other brands and sticking their sticker on it, so long as it complies with the requirements for a 5.1 fluid its just brand snobbery in 95% of cases.

Thats what im saying.  Im all for top oils and tyres etc but brake fluid and clutch you dont need to buy the "best"
Well I've put halfords 5.1 in my 4 pot brembos anyway lol

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #7 on: 08 June 2014, 19:22 »
There was something similar on the m3 forum yesterday. Everyone saying get this and that, but I said whats the difference between that and haulfords 5.1 fluid? I didnt get a answer.

Fair enough if its a track car but a daily?
Halford's will be buying it from the same place as most of the other brands and sticking their sticker on it, so long as it complies with the requirements for a 5.1 fluid its just brand snobbery in 95% of cases.

Thats what im saying.  Im all for top oils and tyres etc but brake fluid and clutch you dont need to buy the "best"
Well I've put halfords 5.1 in my 4 pot brembos anyway lol

Exactly, and if your tracking it often you will be bleeding it through more regularly and changing it before it gets a chance to absorb water, money in the bin unless you race for a living.
Off topic but I witnessed an old M3 murder a new TT r on the way over to me mums, guys face at the next lights was a picture lol

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Re: pagid dot 5.1
« Reply #8 on: 09 June 2014, 23:39 »
There was something similar on the m3 forum yesterday. Everyone saying get this and that, but I said whats the difference between that and haulfords 5.1 fluid? I didnt get a answer.

Fair enough if its a track car but a daily?
Halford's will be buying it from the same place as most of the other brands and sticking their sticker on it, so long as it complies with the requirements for a 5.1 fluid its just brand snobbery in 95% of cases.

Thats what im saying.  Im all for top oils and tyres etc but brake fluid and clutch you dont need to buy the "best"
Well I've put halfords 5.1 in my 4 pot brembos anyway lol

Exactly, and if your tracking it often you will be bleeding it through more regularly and changing it before it gets a chance to absorb water, money in the bin unless you race for a living.
Off topic but I witnessed an old M3 murder a new TT r on the way over to me mums, guys face at the next lights was a picture lol

Haha typical tt driver thinking hes driving a v10 r8 lol
If the m3 are set up right they handle very well! Ive seen videos of them keeping up 911's lol

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